Paliurus hirsutus Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Paliurus

Characteristics

Evergreen, erect to climbing shrubs or medium-sized trees, to 20 m tall. Young branchlets, axillary buds, petioles, major leaf venation, pedicels, receptacles, and sepals ± densely brownish pubescent, mature branches glabrescent. Stipular spine 1, hooklike, recurved; petiole to 1.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate, ovate-elliptic, or suborbicular, 4.5-10.5 × 4-7 cm, papery or thickly papery, 3-veined from base, base obtuse to rounded or rarely cordate, often slightly oblique, margin serrulate or subentire, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers densely pubescent, in axillary cymes or cymose panicles. Calyx tube cup-shaped; lobes broadly deltoid, 1.5-1.6 × 1.4-1.5 mm. Petals spatulate, 1-5 × 1.4-1.5 mm. Stamens ca. as long as petals. Disk pentagonous, 5-or 10-lobed. Ovary 3-loculed; style deeply 3(or 4)-cleft. Drupe red or purple-red, cup-shaped, surrounded by an apically inserted, narrow, corky wing, 1-1.3 cm in diam., glabrous; fruiting pedicel 6-10 mm. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Paliurus hirsutus world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Paliurus hirsutus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717692-1
WFO ID wfo-0001131371
COL ID 4C59Y
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Synonyms

Paliurus hirsutus Paliurus tonkinensis Paliurus hirsutus var. trichocarpus